2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 Madrid Open.

Men's singles
2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Final
ChampionSwitzerland Roger Federer
Runner-upSpain Rafael Nadal
Score6–4, 6–4
Events
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomen
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Andy Murray was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro.

The semifinal match between Nadal and Novak Djokovic was (at the time) the longest men's tennis match in the Open Era played with the best-of-three-sets system, stretching for 4 hours and 3 minutes with Nadal prevailing, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9) after saving three match points in the third-set tiebreak.[1] This record was later broken by Federer and del Potro at the 2012 London Olympics in their 4-hour and 26-minute semifinal match.[1][2]

This was the first edition of the tournament to be held on outdoor clay courts, having previously been held on indoor hard courts.

Seeds edit

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. Rafael Nadal (final)
  2. Roger Federer (champion)
  3. Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
  4. Andy Murray (quarterfinals)
  5. Juan Martín del Potro (semifinals)
  6. Andy Roddick (quarterfinals)
  7. Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)
  8. Gilles Simon (third round)
  9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (second round)
  10. Nikolay Davydenko (third round, withdrew due to injury)
  11. Stan Wawrinka (third round)
  12. David Ferrer (second round)
  13. Marin Čilić (second round)
  14. James Blake (third round)
  15. Radek Štěpánek (first round, retired due to a left knee injury)
  16. Tommy Robredo (third round)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Rafael Nadal67 
7 Fernando Verdasco45 
1 Rafael Nadal377711
3 Novak Djokovic66569
3 Novak Djokovic66 
WC Ivan Ljubičić44 
1 Rafael Nadal44 
2 Roger Federer66 
5 Juan Martín del Potro776 
4 Andy Murray643 
5 Juan Martín del Potro34 
2 Roger Federer66 
6 Andy Roddick5771
2 Roger Federer7656

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 R Nadal66 
  J Melzer476  J Melzer31 
  A Montañés6531 R Nadalw/o  
  P Kohlschreiber66   P Kohlschreiber   
  N Almagro34   P Kohlschreiber66577
  M Granollers277113 M Čilić17762
13 M Čilić66461 R Nadal67 
12 D Ferrer66 7 F Verdasco45 
Q G Cañas22 12 D Ferrer44 
  F López45 WC J Mónaco66 
WC J Mónaco67 WC J Mónaco52 
  I Kunitsyn3647 F Verdasco76 
WC JC Ferrero646WC JC Ferrero32 
7 F Verdasco66 

Section 2 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3 N Djokovic66 
WC Ó Hernández66 WC Ó Hernández33 
  M Vassallo Argüello33 3 N Djokovic66 
  A Seppi76   A Seppi44 
Q E Schwank54   A Seppi646
  S Querrey775   S Querrey364
15 R Štěpánek622r3 N Djokovic66 
9 J-W Tsonga67 WC I Ljubičić44 
  M Safin45 9 J-W Tsonga45 
WC I Ljubičić66 WC I Ljubičić67 
Q T Gabashvili32 WC I Ljubičić366
  P-H Mathieu7740r8 G Simon643
Q F Fognini6563Q F Fognini32 
8 G Simon66 

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
5 JM del Potro64 
LL G García López065   T Berdych21r
  T Berdych677 5 JM del Potro466
  J Chardy66 11 S Wawrinka644
  J Acasuso32   J Chardy45 
Q M Crugnola20 11 S Wawrinka67 
11 S Wawrinka66 5 JM del Potro776 
16 T Robredo3664 A Murray643 
  N Kiefer62216 T Robredo3776
  J Tipsarević634   M Fish6652
  M Fish776 16 T Robredo51 
  S Bolelli777 4 A Murray76 
Q JI Chela563   S Bolelli694 
4 A Murray7116 

Section 4 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
6 A Roddick17116
Q T Haas657Q T Haas6694
  E Gulbis2756 A Roddickw/o  
  R Schüttler24 10 N Davydenko   
  F Serra66   F Serra53 
  V Troicki22 10 N Davydenko76 
10 N Davydenko66 6 A Roddick5771
14 J Blake66 2 R Federer7656
  V Hănescu24 14 J Blake64677
  I Karlović3776  I Karlović77464
  J Benneteau665414 J Blake24 
  R Söderling66 2 R Federer66 
LL I Navarro42   R Söderling15 
2 R Federer67 

Qualifying edit

Seeds edit

  1. Mischa Zverev (first round, retired due to leg injury)
  2. Teymuraz Gabashvili (qualified)
  3. Eduardo Schwank (qualified)
  4. Guillermo García López (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  5. Máximo González (first round)
  6. Fabio Fognini (qualified)
  7. Tommy Haas (qualified)
  8. Daniel Gimeno Traver (first round)
  9. Iván Navarro (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  10. Evgeny Korolev (qualifying competition)
  11. Pablo Andújar (qualifying competition)
  12. Nicolás Massú (first round)
  13. Alberto Martín (qualifying competition)
  14. Guillermo Cañas (qualified)

Qualifiers edit

Lucky losers edit

Qualifying draw edit

First qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
1 Mischa Zverev41r
Flavio Cipolla64
Flavio Cipolla633
14 Guillermo Cañas466
  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo14
14 Guillermo Cañas66

Second qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
2 Teymuraz Gabashvili677
David Marrero461
2 Teymuraz Gabashvili4677
Alt Dušan Vemić6465
Alt Dušan Vemić4777
8 Daniel Gimeno Traver6565

Third qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
3 Eduardo Schwank6656
Michael Lammer3770
3 Eduardo Schwank66
10 Evgeny Korolev22
  Mikhail Kukushkin23
10 Evgeny Korolev66

Fourth qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
4 Guillermo García López656
WC Fernando Vicente274
4 Guillermo García López13
Juan Ignacio Chela66
Juan Ignacio Chela66
12 Nicolás Massú34

Fifth qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
5 Máximo González6565
  Marco Crugnola4777
  Marco Crugnola166
9 Iván Navarro621
  Lamine Ouahab32
9 Iván Navarro66

Sixth qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
6 Fabio Fognini61786
WC Marc López77663
6 Fabio Fognini16711
13 Alberto Martín6369
  Lukáš Dlouhý462
13 Alberto Martín616

Seventh qualifier edit

First roundQualifying competition
          
7/WC Tommy Haas66
WC Carlos Gómez-Herrera21
7/WC Tommy Haas66
11 Pablo Andújar34
  Alessio di Mauro24
11 Pablo Andújar66

References edit

  1. ^ a b Walker, Randy (2012-08-03). "Roger Federer's History-Making Olympic Epic Over Juan Martín del Potro". World Tennis Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. ^ "Federer edges epic encounter". London2012.com. 2012-08-03. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

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